Jim Stroeher
"You make the world a better place by making yourself a better person."
POINTS TOTAL
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- 782 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO1.0advocacy actioncompleted
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UP TO2,835minutesspent outdoors
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UP TO16hoursvolunteered
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UP TO440gallons of waterhave been saved
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UP TO240minutesspent learning
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UP TO35plastic containersnot sent to the landfill
Jim's actions
Nature
Be a litter hero
Pick up trash in your neighborhood or a local park.
Nature
Explore My Area
I will explore at least one new hiking trail or nature walk in my area.
Food
Buy orangutan-friendly candy this Halloween
Orangutans and many other animals are in danger due to unsustainable palm oil plantations, which destroy their forest homes. Palm oil can be found in many products—even candy! We are dedicated to caring for animals, so we encourage you to consider purchasing candy that contains sustainable palm oil. For a list of suggestions, please visit: https://www.stlzoo.org/files/9815/6985/6138/STLZoo_Candy_Guide_for_Holloween.pdf
Food
Advocate for Sustainable Palm Oil and Help Orangutans
Support companies that have joined the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Write to your favorite companies and restaurants. Ask them to use sustainable palm oil in their products and to join the RSPO if they haven't done so already.
Waste
Use Reusable Bags
If at all possible, I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.
Community
Volunteer in My Community
Do at Home
I will volunteer 12 hour(s) in my community during the challenge.
Action Track: Justice for the Whole Community
Learn About Trans, Femme, and Nonbinary Experiences
Do at Home
I will spend 60 minutes learning about the experiences of trans, femme, and/or nonbinary people.
Nature
Watch a lecture series on climate change
The Aquarium of the Pacific has bundled a number of their past lectures on various aspects of climate change. You can pick and choose, but they have arranged them in a sequence that they believe presents a coherent picture of climate change and its impacts. Each of these lectures was presented by a leader in his/her field. See link below.
Energy
Adjust the Thermostat
Do at Home
I will adjust my thermostat down 2 degrees from usual when I use the heat, and up 2 degrees when I use air conditioning.
Nature
Do Nature Activities
Do at Home
I will engage in nature-based activities alone, or with my friends or family, for 60 minute(s) each day. (This can be anything from going on a walk or hike, to noticing the leaves changing color, to reading a book with nature themes.)
Food
Use the sustainable palm oil app.
Download the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's sustainable palm oil shopping app.
Simplicity
Read about sustainable living
Read a (new to you) book about sustainable living. Check the links for some suggested titles or ask a friend or fellow volunteer for a recommendation.
Action Track: Healing and Renewal
Core Values
Do at Home
We may find more meaning and joy in life when our actions are aligned with our personal values. I will determine what my top 3-5 core values are so that I can better align my actions with them.
Water
5-Minute Showers
Do at Home
I will save up to 20 gallons (75 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers.
Waste
Use the plastic footprint calculator
Complete the 3-minute consumption calculator to find ways to balance your plastic footprint.
Participant Feed
Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.
To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?
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Jim Stroeher 10/28/2020 4:31 PMFresh Thyme is allowing customers to bring in reusable bags again but you have to bag your own. Couple of the workers who have gotten to know me over the past years were quite excited to see me walk in with my crate this evening. Long time ago I started using a collapsible storage crate for all of my groceries. I still can't use my mesh produce bags but at least I have my crate.-
Pat Hofmeister 10/28/2020 7:22 PMSo good to know. Thanks, Jim.
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Jim Stroeher 10/20/2020 8:15 PM"I can only be myself."
Marlow Baines was the final speaker for Earth Day Half-Birthday Climate Change Speaker series this past weekend. She is an 18 year old Earth Guardian and is a truly amazing speaker. She packs so much in to 30 mins that you will be exhausted by the end and if like me, yearning to learn and do more.
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REFLECTION QUESTIONWaste Use the plastic footprint calculatorWere you surprised by your results? What did you learn?
Jim Stroeher 10/18/2020 2:12 PMMy plastic footprint is higher than I expected but much lower than the average (38kg vs 84kg.) I make an effort to avoid plastic but don't think twice about buying meat in Styrofoam trays wrapped in plastic or milk in jugs. I recently committed to not buy eggs in Styrofoam and I think now I will commit to buying as much meat as I can from the butcher counter. On a side note I am trying to reduce the amount of meat in general.-
Rachel Drochter 10/19/2020 6:39 AMYes! While leaving in the middle of nowhere northern Illinois, I learned alot about the environmental impact of CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operations). https://www.sierraclub.org/michigan/why-are-cafos-bad
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Jim Stroeher 10/18/2020 1:47 PMMy earthday365 adventure today was cleaning up a small section of Deer Creek on the border between Webster Groves and Maplewood. A small group of maybe 20 volunteers removed 30 or more bags of trash along with a huge pile of industrial garbage. This afternoon I have been participating in a series of earthday365 video presentations on the future effects of climate change, the importance of the great riverways, the relationship between climate change and social justice and up next, effects of climate change and community especially for youth.-
Rachel Drochter 10/20/2020 7:33 AMearthday365! I am going to share the climate change speaker series with volunteers. Thanks for the idea! -
Pat Hofmeister 10/18/2020 2:53 PMJim, you are doing some amazing work! I have also learned so much about recycling that has contradicted what I've thought for a long time. I am really enjoying this challenge!
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Jim Stroeher 10/17/2020 12:45 PMVolunteered with the Give Back to the Earth Volunteer Clean Up in the Dutchtown neighborhood alleys around Marquette Park this morning. Meet some new people, cleaned up a couple of alleys and gathered up over 50 mason jars that I will be repurposing. Heading out to Deer Creek Park in Maplewood for another clean up tomorrow morning.-
Katie Emerick 10/19/2020 6:43 AMSo great to hear! What are the mason jars going to be used for? -
Pat Hofmeister 10/17/2020 4:30 PMJim, how awesome. So proud of you. Well done! Pat
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